Figures for life expectancy at birth for local authorities in England and Wales were published for 1991-2001, the figures for 1999-2001 having been calculated using the 2001 Census results. The difference in life expectancy at birth between the local authorities with the highest and lowest figures was 9.9 years for males and 7.2 years for females.
Source: Life Expectancy at Birth by Local Authority in England and Wales: 1991 to 2001, Office for National Statistics (0845 601 3034)
Links: Report (pdf) | Press release (pdf)
Date: 2002-Nov
An article compared the effect of using alternative definitions of self-assessed health on the calculation of healthy life expectancy for English health authorities in 1999. Differences between the three measures of HLE were greatest in those authorities with the lowest life expectancy. However, the underlying geographical distribution of HLE was stable across all the measures examined.
Source: Madhavi Bajekal, Susan Purdon, Genevra Woodgate-Jones and Sue Davies, 'Healthy life expectancy at Health Authority level: comparing estimates from the General Household Survey and the Health Survey for England', Health Statistics Quarterly 16, Winter 2002, Office for National Statistics, TSO (0870 600 5522)
Links: Article (pdf)
Date: 2002-Oct
An article presented healthy life expectancy data for 1999 in Great Britain; for males it was 75.1 years at birth, and for females 80.0. (No comparative data for 1998 was available.)
Source: 'Healthy life expectancy in Great Britain, 1999', Health Statistics Quarterly 15, Autumn 2002, Office for National Statistics, TSO (0870 600 5522)
Links: Article (pdf)
See also: Journal of Social Policy Volume 30/2, Digest 118, paragraph 12.4
Date: 2002-Aug
An article examined trends in life expectancy by social class, based on the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study from 1972 to 1999.
Source: Angela Donkin, Peter Goldblatt and Kevin Lynch, 'Inequalities in life expectancy by social class, 1972 1999', Health Statistics Quarterly 15, Autumn 2002, Office for National Statistics, TSO (0870 600 5522)
Links: Article (pdf)
See also: Journal of Social Policy Volume 31/3, Digest 123, paragraph 12.4
Date: 2002-Aug
An article examined the feasibility of producing life expectancy estimates for subnational geographical areas of England in the 1990s, revealing inequalities between males and females and also between the north and south.
Source: B. Bissett, 'Healthy life expectancy in England at subnational level', Health Statistics Quarterly 14, Summer 2002, Office for National Statistics, TSO (0870 600 5522)
Links: Article (pdf)
See also: Journal of Social Policy Volume 31/4, Digest 124 (paragraph 12.4)
Date: 2002-May